Tamar Anolic
Tamar is a writer whose work focuses on a range of genres and subjects. She writes Young Adult and Middle Grade novels, as well as historical and contemporary fiction for adults. Many of her short stories have been published in literary journals, and she has written numerous award-winning books.
Tamar's newest novel, Perfect Cadence, was released in December!
Fame. Fortune. Pitfalls.
It is 1978, and a music scene is brewing in Los Angeles. Singer Gunnar Erickson and guitarist Shep Townsend leave Grand Island, Nebraska hoping to make it big as rock stars. Before long, they help form the talented and popular band Authentic Cadence and are managed by the biggest names in the business.
As they begin to realize their dreams, however, Gunnar and Shep learn that that fame has its downsides. Between the constant touring and groupies and the traps of easy drugs, their fame also attracts toxic family members they thought were long gone. As one platinum album turns into another, Gunnar and Shep find themselves playing to large stadiums with a tough manager who won’t give them a break. Soon, both musicians feel like they are losing themselves entirely- and it will take a tragedy to change that.
Check out this spotlight on Perfect Cadence through the History Through Fiction Blog:
https://www.historythroughfiction.com/blog/perfect-cadence
The reviews of Perfect Cadence have started to come in, and they're good!
Read the review for The US Review of Books here:
https://www.theusreview.com/reviews-1/Perfect-Cadence-by-Tamar-Anolic.html
Read Mary Anne Yarde's review here:
https://maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2025/12/editorial-book-review-perfect-cadence.html
Read the Coffee Pot Book Club's review here:
Read N.N. Light's review here:
https://substack.com/@nnlightsbookheaven/p-181457232
Read Feathered Quill's review here:
https://featheredquill.com/perfect-cadence/
Reader Views' review is here:
https://readerviews.com/reviews/perfect-cadence-by-tamar-anolic/
And Reader Favorites' review is here:
https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/perfect-cadence
Order your copy of Perfect Cadence here:
Tamar's upcoming novel, The Abnormal Gumshoe, will be released March 1! The Abnormal Gumshoe is a cozy mystery, and the sequel to Tamar's award-winning YA novel, Two Sisters of Fayetteville.
In The Abnormal Gumshoe, Chloe Weaver is the oldest daughter in a conservative Christian family of Fayetteville, Arkansas who lives biblically: long skirts for the women, home-schooling for the children, weekly church attendance and old-fashioned courting rules that lead to marriage.
As she turns thirty and remains unmarried, however, Chloe begins to wonder if she’ll ever have the happy marriage and many kids that she has been led to believe constitutes the perfect life. When her parents allow her to court Barnabas Anderson, Chloe knows she should be ecstatic. Instead, she is uncomfortable with the twelve-year age gap between her and Barnabas. Besides, Barnabas has always been a little… weird.
When Barnabas’ brother visits the Weavers, bringing tales of Barnabas’ previous wife and her untimely death, Chloe realizes how little she knows about Barnabas. As she prepares for a prayer assembly in San Francisco, where Barnabas used to live, Chloe decides to investigate his past and his wife’s death. With the help of Detective Logan Cartwright of the San Francisco Police Department, Chloe steps out of her comfort zone to find the truth- and find hope for her future.
The Abnormal Gumshoe is part of this cozy reads event!
https://substack.com/@nnlightsbookheaven/p-187423088
Preorder your copy of The Abnormal Gumshoe here: